Is It Wrong To Teach Your Kids That Christianity Is True?

Militant Atheists think that it is immoral for parents to
teach their children that Christianity is true. They call it “indoctrination”.
You’re indoctrinating them if you teach that the universe was created by a
supreme being and billions of years later became incarnate and died for their
sins, and 3 days after dying for their sins, rising from the dead.

In fact, Richard Dawkins goes so far as to call it “child
abuse”. In “The God Delusion” and other writings, Richard Dawkins claims that
teaching children about religion is a form of child abuse that scars children
for life. Accordingly, Dawkins states, "Priestly groping of child
bodies is disgusting. But it may be less harmful in the long run than priestly
subversion of child minds."

Is this really true? Well, Richard Dawkin’s comments is sheer nonsense on the surface of it. He’s saying that it’s more harmful to teach
your children the basic doctrines of Christianity than it would be if they were
sexually abused. Seriously? Sometimes I wonder if Dawkins even pays attention
to the ridiculous things he says. How could anyone in their right mind
claim that sexual molestation is LESS harmful than teaching your kids
Christian theology? Such a claim doesn’t even deserve a rightful refutation
lest we give it a tiny amount of credibility that it does not deserve.

Nevertheless, we might wonder if it is wrong to at least some
degree to teach your children Christianity even if we reject the lunatic statements
Dawkins makes above. Well, in this blog post, there are several points I think
we should consider.

If Christianity Is True,
It Would Actually Be Wrong NOT to Teach It To Your Kids

The whole presupposition behind the new Atheist’s claim is
that Christianity is not in fact true, but rather, that atheism is true.
But IF Christianity is true, then it would actually be immoral not
to teach it to them. For if Christianity is true, to refrain from teaching it
or even to teach them something contrary to the claims of The Bible would be
leading them astray. I don’t know about you, but I think leading people to the
truth is more moral than leading them straight to a lie.

So if Christianity is not true, then the atheists
could be right that we’re deceiving (albeit unintentionally) our children. But
on the flip side of that coin, IF Christianity is true, then
ironically it’s the atheist who leading his children astray.

But most importantly, we have good historical evidence that Jesus claimed to be God, and later was crucified and rose from the dead. If you
want to dive into those arguments and evidence, click on the highlighted words.
They’ll take you to articles I’ve previously written on those subjects.

The Atheist Expects
Parents To Teach Their Children Things That Contradict Their Own Beliefs

What the militant atheist expects Christian parents to do is
to teach their children things contrary to their own beliefs and conscience.
Basically, if I have children some day, the atheist is proposing that in order
to not be immoral I would have to teach my children that God does not exist,
that Jesus never rose from the dead, that we live in a naturalistic universe,
and so on. But this is absurd. Should I also teach my kids that eating animals
is wrong if my diet is omnivorous JUST BECAUSE some vegans happen to
think it is? Or by contrast, if I were a vegan, should I have to teach my kids
that eating animals is okay just because people with omnivorous diets say so?
Why can’t I teach my children what I believe is true rather than what
somebody else believes is true?

Should liberals have to teach their kids that gay marriage
is wrong? Should I not teach my kids not to look both ways before crossing the
street? Should I have to teach my kids not to wash their hands before every
meal?

This is absurd. Of course I’m going to teach my kids what I
believe is true. Just as the atheist teaches his kids what he believes is true.
In fact, Newsflash! Everyone indoctrinates! All parents teach their kids
what they believe is true.

Moreover, as I said in my first point, if Christianity is
true then it’s the atheist who’s indoctrinating his kids into a false belief.

In Conclusion

I don’t think Christian parents are immoral for teaching
their kids that Christianity is true. And the atheists who say otherwise are
just simply blinded by their sheer immense hatred of religion in general, and
Christianity especially. In fact, it would be immoral if they didn’t if
Christianity actually is true. And also it’s unreasonable to expect parents to
teach their kids things opposite of what they believe is true.